Short Bandied Poems

Cursed is a word that's sometimes bandied about
But in this case, it's bang on, there's absolutely no doubt
A car so possessed
Causing continued distress
Giving it away finally ended the enormous big ouch...

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Listen to poem:

I,

at risk

Hawaiian.

Soon on list as

gone.




***In the 60's, 'twas bandied about, that we numbered less than 2,000 full-blood Hawaiians that are left. Dread the thought, how many of me are left. Aloha, William Kekaula...

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The Words, “I Can’t”
Miracle Man
3/14/2022

“I can’t” is a phrase
frequently bandied about.
Words that originate
in a mind cloaked in doubt.
We could just as easily say
“I think I can”.
Then scramble to search
for a workable game plan.
...

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sage slivers of truth 
bandied about by children
who learn from parents

absolutism
learned at daddy’s knees
reinforced by mom

school shakes them up
new ideas from others
often changing them

not from the teachers
from their knowledgeable peers
who know everything...

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What is it that we keep to ourselves
Those things not for others to delve
We keep hidden away from the crowd
Not to be taken paraded and bandied out loud

Do you think about them all the time
Telling yourself it will be just fine
Or do they fester and bubble away
Taunting you whilst you keep them at bay.

© Paul Warren Poetry...

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Who do you think you are?
Seems the question bandied about most today,
Who was your Grand-Mama
 Or even Great ,Great Grand-Pa?
Matter's to some so much, to trace their D.N.A
But if they bothered and to me
the queried  question posed
and want to know my family tree,
So what would you really suppose
my answer to them would be?
Well quite simply, Sir
I am Me....

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Something I've always wondered about
A subject near and dear to my heart
Why don't sheep shrink in the rain
It's puzzled me right from the start!

A theory that sometimes is bandied about
Maybe their wool is non-shrinking
Sounds quite a bit far fetched to me
Someone's jazzing me I'm thinking!

Quite plausible if you think about it though
But whether it's true or it's not
Sheep I've talked to don't give a rat's ass
Damn wool is making them hot!...

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